Labeling machine



June 1 1926.

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LABEL-rive MACHINE.

Application filed Janaary 18;1921. serial-no. 438,069.

panying seven sheets-of drawings referringto which and in detail Fig. 1 is a side elevation; Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation; Figs. 3 and 1 are details of holder;

Fig. 5 is a the label cetail of the label gripper cam;

Fig.0 is a rear elevation Figs. 7 and 8 are details of the clutch:

Fig. 9 is an end view of the'bearin'g tor the cam shaft;

Fig. 10 is an enlarged sectional view of the pi cltcr operating mechanism Fig. 11 is a plan of the picker slide;

Fig. 12 a plan showing the relation between the pickers and label holder;

Fig. 13 is a detail 01' the operatinginecln anisn'riior the picker slide;

F l t is a'largc sectional view of the ginnn'iin mechanism; V

Fig. 10 is a plan of the same;

Fig. 16 is an enlarged end view of the hearing for the gum fountain;

Fig. 17 is'an end view on an enlarged scale of the wipers and operating" nrechanisin therefor;

18is a sectional elevation thereof;

Fig. 19 is a plan illustrating relative ar raugeinent of the main operative parts; and

Figs. 20 to inclusive are diagrams '11- lustrating the operation and the relative n'ioveinents of the parts.

Referring to the drawings'and in detail, A designates the framework of the machine, mounted on which is a motor B on thesha'l t of which is a pinionb, which, throu'glrre'-' ducing gears 10*11'and 12 -13 drives a gear 1% loosely mounted on a cam shaft having a fly wheel D. The cain shaft C is jour nalled in bearings 15 fitted infslots in the framework and having collars'16 held there to by. screws or bolts so thatthecan'i shaft and cams can be assembled and easily'place'd in position. SOCUTGflOIl the"canr shatt is-a driving hub or clutch 17 having a r'oove 18.

A key 19 is socketed in' said driving" hub andis pushed to the left" (Fig; 6) by a spring 20L The key regi.sters'"witl1 a notch or mortise 21 in the hub of the gearlds The key is provided with a notch 22. A aivoted lever 23 has a wedge shaped end 24 set in position to rest in the groove 18' and to engage the notch 22 in the key 19. Thiswedge end of-the lever is normallypuiled'downby' a'spring-25 as is illustrated in Fig. 7. The

end otthe lever 23 is connected by a link Normally 26 to a pivoted foot lever 27. the parts'are 1n the position shown in Fig; 7. When the foot lever 18 depressed the wedge end2 lof the lever 23 is raised above the sliding key 19 and the lzey'is forced outwardly in the driving hub I? to engage in the hole 21 in the hub of the l and thus to connect the motor to rotate the cam shaft C. When the foot-lever-27 is released the wedge end 243ofthe lever 28 drops down into the groove 18' and the rotation of the gear l l causes the key to engage the wedge end 24 of the lever which will move the key out of the hub on the gear 1 1 and stop the bars 32which have inwardly extendii'ig toes The rectangular space between said bars-32 forms the label holder-or receptacle.

By adjusting the parts previously described this receptacle can be set to hold labels of various sizes. The toes 33 ODlY'GX- tend inward a slight distance so that the lowermost label can be easilyd'rawn downward from the pilepast the sanie. A suppleinental bracket 3 1 is secured to the bracket 28 and extending up through the same isa shaft35 which carries a plunger or weight 36 at its lower end which rests on top of the pile'or labels and tends to push the same downwardly. A guiding loop 37 is'adjustably secured to the supplemental bracket 34:, and held inthe seine, between pins 38-88, is a locking-piece 39 having-a hole throughwhich the shaft 35' passes. The shat-1535 is provideduvith a notch 40 and with a handle or knob 41'. By pulling up on the handle tl the plunger may be raised away from the label receptacle and gummed.

left in raised position when the locking piece 39 engages the notch which can be manually released. By the adjustment? scribed the plu iger or weight can be various sized labels. The labels put 1 position by lifting up the plunger 36 and by putting them in position il the holder undo" the same.

Mounted on the side. of a cam piece d2, which is i gaged by a roller 43 mounted on an arm 44 secu ed on shaft 45 journalled in a hub on the fre work A and having an operatin hen the handle in the no Fig. 1, the bracket 28 is lowered aid the label holder stands in open W hen the operating handl the position shown in r and hence the label holder, l l s and h ld in raised posi ion so that the pickers hereinafter described will not co-act therewith. This permits the machine to be operated without having labels supplied thereto which is useful in starting up the machine and getting the picker, properly The bracket 28 and hence the label holder may be rocked on its pivots as indicated in Fig. 2 to allow easy a the pickers and various parts of ti e nism.

The pickers and the operating; mec= therefor will now be described. A slide 17 is fitted in ways in the frame and H3 reciprocated back and fortl ha a lever bl thereto by a link 49 which lever carries a roller 50 fitting in a am E on the cam shaft C. The lever 48 is pivoted on a shaft secured in the framewo k ant which shaft also can be convenienty employed s the pivot of the foot lever 21. pivoted on a shaft 53 secu" formed on the slide 4'? and ti are secured to this frame. T ie i e shaped to engage the undermost label in the holder on two parallel edges i p vided with small holes p as .i t

ed on a stud secured in a hub formed on the frame 52. A link 56 is connected to the guideway 54: which link is made in two sections the ends of which are threaded and which have nut-s 5652 thereon, said ends [ittingloosely into a tube 5'31, which con. tion forms an adjustable lost motion co tion. The link 56 is connected to crank lever 57 having a roller 570 erra cam F on the cam shaft C. ii. spr'ng arranged normally to move the guideway fi l upwardly.

It will be noticed that the earn 1 a cam which acts only to move the roller 5' to the right thespring 58 keeping the roller This will alflltlfy' 550 in contact with the cam.

as the reme of s '16 will be moved upwardly by the spring 58 nto engagement with the lowermost lab 1e abel holder. By reason of this ment the pickers will nicely ngage the labs a somewhat yielding action. i pickers then move downwardly to draw the receptacle.

the left over the rranged e in pickers approach the rih ht hand or.

their travel 2), the

he lillJCl out or The pickers then move to bottle and then downwardly so that the label can be taken there iron and held on the bottle by the label gripper hereinafter described.

By the lost motion anc.

s in the link before desc ib )rin connection i I. if the pickers engage the bottle as the; apply the abel thereto, a yieldinn action is provider so "not the pickers will not break the bottle. Tli is important as the otties vary somewhat in size.

The gunnning mechanism will now be de scribed. A gum fountain 59 is held on f m screws 60 threaded into a shelf or ledge forming" part of the framework. The four.- tain is held down in place on the top of said screws by screw (31 attached to the bottom of the fouutain having); a urled end. By this arra'ig ment the fountain be adjusted to stand 11 correct position and is removably held in i lace so that it can be taken out if. desired for cleaning. )1 gum fountain roller 62 is journalled in split boxes 63 held together by pivoted arm and screw illustrated in Fig. 16.

this const'uction the gum fountain roll 1 can be *emoved for e. annip'. A shaft (33 is journalled in the sides ol the four tain and mounted on the same is a scraper blace 67 which is set against the gum fountain roller so that the roller turns it will carry around a film of gum of the desired thickness. The ..cra.per i at e is held against k the sum fountain roller sp mounted on a screw 69 ertending an arm i0 secured on the shaft ing' a lznob and threat ed into a hub on the side of the fountain illustrated in Fig. l. The gum fountain roller has a gear T]. on

its end which meshes with a on a stud secured in a bracket the frame and having screws its position can be fixed. I

nee-aces yoke 82 secured'to the top of a rod or slide:

88 which is mounted in a bearing inthe frame so as to be capable of vertical movement. This rod 83 is operated by a link 84. connected'to a pivoted lever 85 having a roller 86 bearing in a groove on a cam G secured on the cam shaft. The parts thus described are arranged and timed so that as the, pickers move forwardthe gumniing roller will be brought into contact wit-h the guml'ountain roller audwill take a supply and to go-under the label the gumming roller will engage the pickers and apply gum thereto so that the pickers can engage the lowermost label inthe label holder and apply gum theretoon two ot'its edges.

The label gripper mechanism will now be described. The bottle X to which the label is to be applied is placedin a V-shaped trough or holder 87 which has a depending sliat'tSS' fitting in a hub 89 mounted on the trameworl-c oi? the-machine, which hub is split and the two parts of which can be drawn together-by a screw '90- so that'the position of the bottle holder can be adjusted. The gripper consists ot-a piece of soft material as rubber 91 carried in a holder. 92 having rods 93-03 fitted in a carrier 94. Springs 95 are. arranged on. the rods 93 so that the gripper will engage the label, and

bottle with a yielding impact. The carrier 94- is secured on theend ota pivotedlever' 96, which is connected by a'link 97 having an adjustable turn buckle to a bell cranklev' It will be seen that as the pickers move upwardly after the gripper has forcibly engaged and held the label on the bottle the ends of the label will curl upwardly and the stripes of gum will be evened out on the label.

The wiper mechanism for smoothing and applying the label to the bottle will now be desc -bed. The wipers consist oi strips soft material 101101 held in jaws 102 as illustrated in Fig. 17. Plates 103 are secured above the wipers so as to limit their yielding or. curling effect. The jaws have split hubs held together by screws, which The i hubs are fitted on'pins 104l-carried by'bell crank levers 10-5 pivoted on studs 106 se cured in a slide 107, which isfitted to move upand down vertically in ways formed on the framework. The other ends of the bell crank levers are connected by links 108 to a hub 109, which is fitted to slide on a-rod 110 secured in hubs formed on the slide 10?. The slide 10'1- is moved upwardly and'dow: wardly' by a link 111 connected to a lever 112 mounted on ashatt 113 extending across themachine. The lever 112 has a-roller 11 5. which bears on a cam I seen ed on the cam shaft. The hub 109 is moved up and down by alink 115 secured to a lever 116 pivoted on a shaft 117 extending across the machine and-having a roller 11%; bearing on a cam 119 turning with or secured to the gear 7'?" as illustrated in Fig. 6. This cam is prefi erably madea face cam and the lever 110 is pulled down by a spring 120. These parts are arranged so that alter the label has-been left on the bottle, the wipers will move inwardly and then downwardly and will smooth and apply the label to the bottle.

The operation is illustrated in the last sheet of drawings, (Figs. 21to 25). In Fig. 20the picker-slide is way back and the pickers have just been moved up to engage the lowermost label in the label holder. The gumming rolleris down on the-gum ming :to'untain'roller' and is being supplied with gum. In Fig. 21 the pickers have moved" forward over' the bottle and are swinging downwardly to carry the label down to the bottle. InFig.'22.the pickers have placed the label on the bottle and the label gripper is coming down. The wipers are coming up and the gumming roller is also moving above the pickers. In Fig. 23 the gripper has clamped the labeltightly down on the bottle the pickers have lifted to disengage from the label and are moviig back in engagement with the gunnning roller and are being gummed and-the wipers are moving'inwardlyi. In Fig. 2d the .wipers are indicated as moving inwardly and after they reach the position shown in dottedlines they will move downwardly and will wipe the label tightly on the bottle. In

Fig. 25 the pickers are shownback ready to swing up for the next label, the gun'iming roller is coming down and the wipers have moved in and are coming down to peritorn'i the wiping action to secure the label to the bottle.

The operator stands in frontotthe inachine and all that he hasto do is to place each bottle in turn in the bottle holder and remove the same after the label is applied. The operator has the machine under full control by the foot lever. Vl ith a little practice the operator can run the machine at a very high speed and bottles can be quickly and accurately labeled.

The machine described is very easy to keep clean and in accurate operation and is easily adjustable for various size labels.

it will be noticed that the gumming roller 81 moves up and down vertically relatively to the gum fountain roller 62. This is very advantageous in that all the drip from the gumming roller 81 will drop back on the roller 62 and into the fountain.

The clutch before described is designed so that when the mach ne comes to rest the pickers will stand over the gum fountain as illustrated in Fig. 28. This is advantageous in that any drip from the pickers while the machine is idle will fall back into the gum fountain.

It also will be noticed that the gumming mechanism and the label holder are placed back of the mechanism which holds the bottle which leaves very free access for the operator to insert the bottles.

It also will be noticed that the entire mechanism is very accessible for cleaning by swinging the label holder to its furthest rearmost position as indicated by the lower dotted lines in Fig. 2.

It also will be noticed by reference to Fig. 10 that the frame-work and guides in which the slide l? moves which carries the pickers is extended so as to come under the label holder. This is advantageous in that if the pickers should draw more than one label from the label holder the extra label will drop down onto this extension as indicated at dotted lines and will not fall down into the gumming mechanism or operating parts of the machine.

By reference to Fig. 10 it will be seen that the ends of the two part link 56 fit loosely into the connecting tube and are pulled toget-her by a spring 560. This provides a lost motion connection in the m ans which lowers the pickers down onto the bottle. This will prevent breakage in case the bottle is improperly placed in position.

It also will be noticed that the cam 119 which gives the wipers their sidewise movement is removably held in place on the hub of the gear 7'7 as indicated in Fig. 17. This permits the same to be removed and replaced by a cam of different contour whereby the sidewise wiping motion of the wipers can be varied for labels of different width.

These points of improvement add much to the eiliciency of the machine as when labeling machines stand they are apt to gum up and have to be cleaned before starting again in operation.

While the machine has been primarily designed for applying labels to bottles, it can be used for applying labels to many other articles such as cans or other containers, cylindrical bundles, etc.

The details of the mechanisms herein shown and described may be greatly varied by a skilled mechanic without departing from the scope of our invention as expressed in the claims.

Having thus fully described our invention what we claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a labeling machine, the combination of a label holder, pickers, means for moving the same from the label holder over the article to be labeled, a gum fountain, a gumming roller, means for moving the gumming roller so that the same will stand in position to apply gum to the pickers as they move from the article back to the label holder, and a clutch for throwing the same into and out of operation arranged so that when the machine is thrown out of operation the pickers will stand over the gum fountain, whereby drip therefrom will fall back into the fountain.

2. In a labeling machine, the combination of a label holder or receptacle, pickers and means for moving the pickers so that they will move upwardly into contact with the lowermost label and then downwardly to withdraw said label from the holder or receptacle, said means including a face cam, connections between said cam and said pickers, said connections carrying a roller engaging the face cam so that the cam will operate to move the pickers away from the holder, and a spring for holding the roller to the cam, whereby the pickers can engage the lowermost label with a yielding action.

3. In a labeling machine, the combination of a label holder or receptacle, a slide, a frame pivoted to said slide and carrying pickers, a roller carried on said frame, a guideway in which said roller operates, and means for reciprocating said slide and moving the guideway whereby the pickers will be brought up into contact with the lower most label in the label receptacle and then moved to carry the label away therefrom.

1-. In a labeling machine, the combination of a label holder or receptacle, pickers, means for moving the pickers so that they will move from the label holder or receptacle forward and then downwardly to apply the label to the article to be labeled, and a lost motion connection in the means which moves the pickers downwardly.

- or receptacle to catch any extra label drawn by the pickers from the label holder or re ceptaele.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto aflixed our signatures.

JOHN EMANUEL JOHNSON. CHARLES H. OSLUND. 

